Month: February 2020

FOOTBALL

USC Morning Buzz: Johnny Nansen To UCLA?

Former USC assistant coach Johnny Nansen is close to being hired as UCLA defensive line coach, according to BruinReportOnline. This is a strange hire. Nansen is a jack-of-all trades but hasn’t coached defensive line since 2011 at Washington. Is he being hired for his recruiting abilities? That’s the only possible explanation I can imagine because no one in coaching circles ever mentioned Nansen’s coaching as … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Johnny Nansen To UCLA?

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BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL

University Of Shaky Coaches

USC is tied with UCLA in the Pac-12 basketball standings. UCLA! This is why you cannot have Clay Helton and Andy Enfield lead programs. They are perennial underachievers. Helton is a figurehead with no power. He lets Graham Harrell and Todd Orlando handle the X’s and O’s. Enfield’s problem is he lets two coaches bring in the talent (Jason Hart, Eric Mobley) but there is … Continue reading University Of Shaky Coaches

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BASKETBALL

Maybe We Should Call Him Andy Enfraud

A few extra infuriating thoughts on USC basketball: USC’s big victory in the Pac-12 is over Stanford, which was improbable and the Cardinal are likely just an NIT team. Andy Enfield is 14-34 in February at USC. The business end of the season. Can USC handle a full-court press? Does Enfield practice against it? Exactly who does Enfield outcoach in Pac-12 games? Continue reading Maybe We Should Call Him Andy Enfraud

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BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL

USC Morning Buzz: Lynn Swann’s Parting Gift

USC’s awful loss to Arizona State last night once again serves as a great reminder of the predicament Lynn Swann has left USC in at the moment. He tied up Clay Helton to a long-term contract extension with no buyout. He tied up Andy Enfield to a long-term contract extension with no buyout. And now USC is stuck with two mediocre coaches. Now maybe there … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Lynn Swann’s Parting Gift

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BASKETBALL

Thanks, Enfield! (Updated)

Whenever I criticized Andy Enfield last year, the rebuttal was always the same: But he is bringing in a great recruiting class! The talented recruits are here but is the team substantially different? Enfield teams cannot protect leads, play smart in crunch time or offer any type of consistency in the final minutes. Arizona State went more than 11 minutes without a field in the … Continue reading Thanks, Enfield! (Updated)

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